Amazon EC2 now enables you to delete underlying EBS snapshots when deregistering AMIs
Amazon EC2 now enables you to automatically delete underlying Amazon EBS snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), allowing you to better manage your storage costs and simplify your AMI cleanup workflow.
Previously, when deregistering an AMI, you had to separately delete its associated EBS snapshots, which required additional steps. This process could lead to abandoned snapshots, resulting in unnecessary storage costs and resource management overhead. Now, you can automatically delete EBS snapshots at the time of AMI deregistration.
This capability is available to all customers at no additional costs, and is enabled in all Amazon Web Services Regions, including Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD.
You can deregister AMIs from the Amazon CLI, SDKs, and Amazon Web Services Console, and learn more in the AMI documentation.